#AD6E1B#AD6E1B

#AD6E1B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.121 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD6E1B
RGB	rgb(173, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(34, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 18.65, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 55.58, 70.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.0465 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.121 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0093, 20.1175, 3.7080)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD6E1B #1B5AAD

analogous

#AD251B #AD6E1B #A3AD1B

triadic

#AD6E1B #1BAD6E #6E1BAD

tetradic

#AD6E1B #1BAD25 #1B5AAD #AD1BA3

square

#AD6E1B #1BAD25 #1B5AAD #AD1BA3

split-complementary

#AD6E1B #1BA3AD #251BAD

monochromatic

#432B0A #784C13 #AD6E1B #DD8F28 #E6AB5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#AD6E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#AD6E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AD6E1B

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD6E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AD6E1B	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91821D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5F5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad6e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.121 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9760',
    500: '#ad6e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad6e1b;
$custom-light: #cb9760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad6e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.11,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59279,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD6E1B

secondary

#5A8ACA

accent

#87F038

background

#FDF9F5

surface

#FAF2EA

border

#D3CCC6

text

#140D05

muted

#837E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD6E1B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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